“Blending tropical guitar riffs with moody synths and dirty bass, Chasing Hearts showcases the poppier side of Fragile Creature's sound whilst exploring the darker side of romance.”
Cranking up the indie rock dial: Rural France's SLOTHS is their jangliest, most baroque album yet — organ, horns, mellotron and all — while still honouring their "Pavement playing Teenage Fanclub" mission statement. Publicity Department's S. Michael Brook And The Steam-Powered Trains delivers half an hour of crunchy guitars and two-part vocal harmonies, power-pop influences distorted through 90s alt-rock sensibilities. Ben Auld's Loserdom channels Teenage Fanclub and Weezer into blown-out power-pop, with Bach-inspired solos and layered harmonies capturing life's rocky transitions with tongue-in-cheek drama. Tim Woodruff's Lifelines rounds things out with emotionally honest alt-rock drawing from R.E.M. and Tom Petty — a heartfelt soundtrack for the beautiful, imperfect journey of being human.
“Blending tropical guitar riffs with moody synths and dirty bass, Chasing Hearts showcases the poppier side of Fragile Creature's sound whilst exploring the darker side of romance.”
“Brooklyn-based Filipino-American Indie artist CIAO MALZ (Malia DelaCruz) has just released her warped, glistening, and surfy “Two Feet Tall” single via the non-binary-owned Audio Antihero label.”